Iris and Lieutenant's Heart

DIGITALLY RESTORED

POPULAR LOVE COUPLE ZETTERLING & KJELLIN IN VENICE-AWARD-WINNING DRAMA FROM THE DIRECTOR OF “HETS”

Sparks flew between Alf Kjellin and Mai Zetterling, the lovebirds from Hets, when they once again played against each other in this class drama. The film's bittersweet portrayal of the maid Iris' passionate relationship with ensign Robert went straight to the hearts of both the cinema audience and the reviewers. "Tell me a foreign film where youth has loved as passionately, as impulsively and vividly!" exclaimed an enthralled critic in Aftontidningen. The director was the giant Alf Sjöberg, world-famous for Hets, and Gösta Roosling was responsible for the beautiful photography. The film was invited to the Venice Film Festival, where Mai Zetterling won an award for her brilliant acting !

" The film takes a strong hold on the viewer. A very beautiful film that stands at the highest level Swedish film can achieve " Stockholms-Tidningen

" A film with dramatic demonia and poetic strength. Zetterling and Kjellin are an unusually engaging couple " SvD